Picspam; Daybreak (2/2)
Daybreak II: The Director's Cut (a.k.a the Real, Absolutely 100% True No Matter What Anyone Says Version That the Networks Didn't Want You To See. For Some Reason)
[Laura and Bill take a leisurely trip in the raptor to the magic cylon hospital]
Laura: “Ah … how nice it'll be to no longer have to spend half my life listening to Doc Cottle hacking up his lungs. And I'll get my hair back! Yay. My beautiful hair. I was only joking about the royal blue thing, by the way, any gods who happen to be listening. That red style from New Caprica will do, thanks. It looks great in the sunlight, and everyone basically worshipped that one. Now, I think I'll just rest my eyes for a little bit. It's hard work being Queen of the Universe.”
Bill: *notices the eyes closed thing, and takes his ring from his finger and slips it on hers*
Laura: “William Adama! Just because I have my eyes closed, it doesn't mean I don't know what you're doing. I'm a teacher, remember? Eyes in the back of my head? That's the sixteenth time now that you've tried to marry me without me noticing, and it's not going to work!”
Bill: “Dammit”
Laura: “Seriously. That wasn't even subtle. I had my eyes closed THIRTY SECONDS! Sneaking into my hallucinations, that was subtle. Kinda. Even the “Oh, I accidently tripped and my wedding ring accidently fell onto your finger accidently and oh, doesn't it look good and why don't you keep it there, honey” story was more subtle than that.”
Bill: *sheepish expression*
Laura: “I may marry you if you man up and actually ask me. Possibly. And not before. And you'd better do it properly! For frak's sake. I spent years wondering why you kept on wearing that ring, and it turns out it was just so you'd have it handy for stealth attacks. Sheesh.”
Bill: “Laura, I love you with all my heart and all that but you're really frakkin' scary sometimes, sweetie. Asking you to marry me is, like, way scarier than being shot by Boomer. Or jumping a battlestar into the atmosphere. Or going to a strip club with Ellen Tigh.”
Laura: “What was that last one?”
Bill: *mumbles* “Never mind...”
Laura: “Honestly, Bill, I am not that frakkin' scary, you know. I don't bite.”
Bill: “Well, there was that one time...”
Laura: “That was ONCE! And it wasn't you, it was TOM ZAREK! And you wouldn't even let me do it, for frak's sake, even though I really, really wanted to. You locked me in your quarters and put six marines outside whilst you went off and had him executed by firing squad, remember?”
Bill: “He ASKED me to. Sheesh, Laura. He was crying. Begging even. I didn't have the heart to say no to him.”
Laura: “Hmph”
Bill: “C'mon, Laura...”
Laura: “I am ignoring you. Go away now.”
* * *
Bill: “Why the frak is this so tricky? She can't airlock me for proposing, can she?”
Bill: “Well, we're not in space anymore so, you know, the airlock thing might be difficult anyhow. So that's a good thing, right?!”
Bill: “Ok, ok, ok … let's figure this thing out. 'Laura Roslin, will you do me the honour of …' nah, too formal. 'Laura, I love you, will you mar-' um, too simple. 'The light out here is heavenly. It reminds me of -' sheesh, Bill, that sounds like a frakkin' eulogy!”
Bill: “I thought Laura would like subtle. Honestly, I don't know anything about women”
* * *
[Bill manned up, Laura said yes, after making him wait so long he almost had a heart attack, there's a fabulous wedding that everyone is invited to, but unfortunately, we've had to cut that for time. However, here's a few shots of the wedding reception.]
[there were toasts]
[there was drinking]
[there was dancing]
[the Cylons took over the disco]
[Saul and Ellen did what Saul and Ellen do best]
[Leoben borrowed Lee's red disco shirt for the occasion, and only later realised just how silly he looked]
[Baltar was allowed to come on condition he didn't accidently commit genocide, blow anything up or start a new religion]
[So he did this instead]
[Kara decided to get dressed up for once]
[Lee was impressed]
[Which resulted in this]
[The happy couple got stoned and flirty in a corner]
[And later on that evening...]
Bill: *gobsmacked* “Frak me, Laura...”
Laura: “Yuh, that's the plan”
[And they all lived happily, and drunkenly, ever after]
* * *
END: This original version of Daybreak II ran 426 minutes, including the two hour finale consisting of Laura Roslin and Bill Adama eating breakfast and reading the newspaper which the fans had been mentioning for years that they'd be happy to watch. Ron Moore even had Mary stay in the pink negligee for the entire two hours. However, the network execs refused to allow it to be shown, citing creative differences, so Ron had to go back, do some serious editing, and had the cast come back and overdub most of the scenes. This explains the fact that there are a few minor plotholes in the finale, and Ron's decision to depress everyone to hell and back in retaliation, as he was sulking at the time due to having to reduce the negligee scene to a single fleeting two minute one.
Part One Here
[Screencaps courtesy of http://black-celebration.net]